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Part of Speech

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FUNCTION:

Thing or person.

EXAMPLE OF WORDS:

pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John

FUNCTION:

Replaces a noun.

EXAMPLE OF WORDS:

I, you, he, she, some, they

FUNCTION:

Show action or possession.

EXAMPLE OF WORDS:

run, eat, cycling, jog,

FUNCTION:

Links a noun to another word.

EXAMPLE OF WORDS:

to, at, after, on, above

FUNCTION:

Joins clauses or sentences or words.

EXAMPLE OF WORDS:

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

FUNCTION:

Describes a verb, adjective or adverb.

EXAMPLE OF WORDS:

quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really

FUNCTION:

Describes a noun.

EXAMPLE OF WORDS:

some, good, big, red, well, interesting

FUNCTION:

Appear before nouns and serve the function of making nouns more specific.

EXAMPLE OF WORDS:

a, an, the

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